Proverbs 19:6
Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
In Context
5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
Proverbs 17:8A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
Proverbs 19:12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:6
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. Here we have, 1. The sins threatened—bearing false witness in judgment and speaking lies in common conversation. Men could not arrive at such a pitch of impiety as to bear false witness (where to the guilt of a lie is added that of perjury and injury) if they had not advanced to it by allowing themselves to speak untruths in jest and banter, or under pretence of doing good. Thus men teach their tongues to speak lies, Jer. ix. 5… Read the whole commentary →